In an EXEC you need quotes around ALL /02 or the REXX will interpret the '/' as division. This would cause the ALL command to fail - giving
the results you observe. As a general rule, anything that is intended to be a literal should be quoted to avoid undesirable substitutions and mis- interpretations. Brian Nielsen On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:57:05 -0400, Tracy, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >All, > > In an EXEC using XEDIT is there a way to use the ALL MODULE. > >The works fine interactively, > >XEDIT FN FT FM > >SET ZONE 12 13 > >ALL /02 > >DEL * > > > >Interactively all records in columns 12 13 with 02 are deleted; in an >EXEC all the records in the entire file are DELETED with an error >calling the ALL MODULE. > >Thank you... > >...Dave > >